[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] doc/bitstream_filters: document imx_dump_header

[Dave Rice]

On Jun 10, 2014, at 3:22 PM, Lou Logan <lou at lrcd.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:26:24 -0400, Dave Rice wrote:
> 
>> I moved both a "-bsf:v imxdump -vtag mx3n" output and a "-vtag mx3n"
>> output to an omneon broadcast server (which is usually more picky
>> about imx than final cut), and both played out correctly. Dave Rice
> 
> Thanks for testing. I posted a new patch "lavc: remove imx_dump_header
> bitstream filter".
> 
> If nobody likes the removal idea than this documentation patch can be
> updated to mention that this bsf is obsolete and -vtag mx3n can be used
> instead to stream copy IMX into mov, but I'm unsure what Final Cut Pro
> (and QuickTime probably) versions this bsf is designed for.

For the record, mx3n is the fourcc for 30 MB/sec NTSC IMX. In other cases you may need mx4n, mx5n, mx3p, mx4p, or mx5p for NSTC or PAL and 30, 40 and 50 MB/s.
Dave Rice